The year following the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show was one of change at Quesada Cigars. During that period it saw the departures of Terence Reilly and Hostos Quesada. At the same time, a new executive management team came into place and it resulted in many new roles for members of the Quesada family. Many of […]
The 2019 IPCPR Trade Show marked the sixth IPCPR Trade Show for Robert Caldwell and Caldwell Cigar Company. 2019 wasn’t the biggest year for new releases, but Caldwell had a couple of projects to show off. There also was some new packaging – and a couple of Easter eggs at the booth. Several weeks before […]
Casa Cuevas Cigars has announced it has shopped the Cuevas Reserva. The line was created by company patriarch Luis Cuevas Sr. a decade ago, but was put on the back burner. Just prior to IPCPR, Casa Cuevas cigars announced it was time to recreate the brand and introduce it to market. “The Cuevas Reserva for […]
Black Label Trading Company has announced the release of the Santa Muerte Barrio Santo. This is an event-only cigar that was first showcased at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. The company says Barrio Santo will be available for purchase at select Black Label Trading Company events. Barrio Santa features an Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper over […]
2018 was a huge year for Joya de Nicaragua. The company was celebrating 50 years in the cigar business and as a result, there was quite a bit of activity into the Joya de Nicaragua brand showcased at the 2018 IPCPR. Led by the highly acclaimed Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Decadas (which was the #1 […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, a new company called A.C.E. Prime launched a series of blends under the Pichardo name called Pichardo Reserva Familiar and Pichardo Clasico. Both cigars were blended by Don Eradio Pichardo, the Master Blender at Tabacalera Pichardo. Tabacalera Pichardo recently garnered some attention when Crowned Heads’ cigars turned to that […]
Part of the RoMa Craft Tobac booth was a company called Pospiech Cigars. This is a distribution company run by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, the owners of Cigar Hustler. They handle distribution for several brands, including the three non-RoMa Craft Tobac brands coming out of Nica Sueno. These brands include the Szczepankiewiczs’ own brand of cigars […]
In what has become a final day of IPCPR Trade Show tradition for Cigar Coop, Prime Time, and #ElOsoFumarTakes, we pay a visit to Steve Saka. While Steve talks about his new releases, he’s also got plenty on his mind in terms of IPCPR, the future road of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, and a […]
Last year, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars introduced a third blend by Hamlet Paredes known as the Hamlet Liberation. This year the company introduced two parejo shaped line extensions in the form of a Corona Gorda and a Robusto. The Hamlet Liberation features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a combination of Nicaraguan and […]
One of the booths I was most excited to see was Bombay Tobak. Back in April, I had an opportunity to travel with company owner and president Mel Shah to Costa Rica to see the production operations where his brands were made. At the time, Mel was finalizing the details around his IPCPR releases, so […]
